Health and Safety Coordinator

Health and Safety Coordinator

Chirk, Wrexham

Kronospan | EHS Department | Full-Time, Permanent

Kronospan is looking for a proactive EHS Coordinator to help drive safety, health and environmental excellence across our site. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to make a real, visible difference to workplace culture. Spotting risks before they become incidents and working with people at every level of the business to build safer, more sustainable ways of working.

About the Role

Reporting to the H&S Manager, you'll be the go-to person for health, safety and environmental advice on site. You'll spend the majority of your time out on the floor, inspecting, auditing, coordinating risk assessments, and running inductions. Whilst also helping shape the site's broader H&S strategy and compliance documentation.

Key Responsibilities

H&S Advice and Procedures:

• Provide expert advice and guidance on all aspects of health and safety matters at the site.
• Support the management team in setting H&S goals and objectives.
• Design and implement intervention strategies for hygiene, health, and safety hazards.
• Roll out new H&S protocols and measures to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Prepare compliance documentation for relevant regulatory bodies.
• Stay current on H&S trends, legislation and best practice to drive continuous improvement.

EHS Compliance:

• Conduct site inspections to identify hazards, violations and poor practices before they cause harm.
• Perform audits to monitor compliance with the site's H&S management system.
• Coordinate external inspections, risk assessments and any resulting action plans.
• Deliver site inductions for employees and contractors.
• Chair monthly meetings with site safety representatives and consult with them on H&S matters.
• Produce H&S communications and training materials.
• Investigate and analyse incidents, near misses and deficiencies, ensuring effective corrective actions are put in place.

Other:

• Champion safety awareness on site, driving cultural and behavioural change within teams.
• Keep abreast of products and services that could improve safe systems of work and performance.

Qualifications:

• 2 – 3 years' experience in a H&S role is beneficial.
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or willingness to achieve within your first year).
• Experience preparing Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Solid understanding of relevant legislation and how to apply it within a manufacturing environment.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• A qualification in health and safety management is desirable.
• Confident communicator, able to influence people at all levels of the organisation.
• A strong team player, comfortable working across the EHS function and with other departments.
• Assertive, pragmatic and able to use initiative when challenged.

Additional Information:

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• Support to achieve NEBOSH qualification within your first year of employment.
• The opportunity to make a tangible impact on site safety culture.
• A collaborative, hands-on working environment.

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